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A pair of eyes appears between the fronds of the palm tree

"Hello? Who’s there?" I ask

"Have you co woht side of her body is horribly burned Her hand is gone to the bone She sees the shock on our faces and tries to cover herself hat’s left of her shawl "It was a fire at the factory, et out in time," she answers

"We?" I ask, when I find rowth are perhaps a dozen or so young girls, many of them burned, all of theet out Fire got soot ’e have you been here?" I ask

"Can’t rightly say," she answers"Feels like forever"

"When was the fire?" Pippa asks

"Third of December 1895, miss Lot of wind that day, I recall" They’ve been here about teeks, less time than Pippa "I’ve seen you before, en’les open "I’ve never seen you inabout"

"I am sorry for the offense, miss I meant no harm, I’m sure" I don’t knohy Pip’s in such a foul tes at my sleeve, and I have to hold back the scream when I see that hand on me"Is this heaven or hell,a step back"What is your name?"

"Mae Mae Sutter"

"Mae," I whisper"Has anyone aely?"

She thinks for ato another burned girl with a badly broken are She’s been talking to so us we need to follow her to a place called the Winterlands, that they can help us there" "Listen closely towill be as it should be, and you and your friends will cross over the river to what lies beyond"

Mae looks at ht that be?"